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Attn New Mums - Water Birth!
Hi
I was just wondering if any of you new mums had a water birth!
If so would you recommend it???
I have a long way to go yet but ive been considering water births and wanted to know peoples experiences!
xx
I was just wondering if any of you new mums had a water birth!
If so would you recommend it???
I have a long way to go yet but ive been considering water births and wanted to know peoples experiences!
xx
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I'm hiring a birthing pool for 3 weeks that looks like a hot tub with a filtration unit and heater, so OH can set it up and i can use it every day and the water only needs changing once a week, lovely jubbly....
I reckon I won't wanna give it back, ha ha!!!!
Best advice I can give is to have a number one birthing plan and then a back up in case that can't happen!! Also make sue your oh knows what you want so that they can speak for you if needs be.
I still had a great experience, was only in what I would call proper labour (i.e. any kind of pain!) for 4hrs, and just had accupuncture as pain relief! My lo is 19 days old now and worth every moment of the labour.
Good luck in whatever you decide to have.
Liz x
I found the water to be such a fantastic pain reliever itself but was able to use gas & air while in the water too. You also have a lovely sense of your own space while in the water & I, believe it or not, felt soo relaxed throughout the whole labour. Its great to for if you want to change position coz the water makes you feel so light that its easy to manoeuver around. At one point towards the en of my labour I was going to pop out to use the toilet but when I was half way out a contraction came on & I literally jumped back in & it was only at that point I realised just how much of a pain reliever the water was.
Another thing that I thought was lovely was that when youre delivering in the water, the midwives just observe how things are progressing & dont actually touch the baby until it comes up to the surface, which to me felt great coz that meant that I was the 1st person to touch my baby. The thing that astonished me was how calm & content the baby was immediately after birth. She cried when she was born but it was a completely different cry to what my 1st daughters was like (I laboured in the water with her but didnt deliver in it)
If waterbirth is an option for you I would definately recommend it
Hilary x
did you give birth to your baby in it, or were you just in it beforehand?
Its just ive told people i want a water birth and they looked shocked and then kinda laugh when they realise its without pain relief. But i said its suppose to be one of the best forms of pain relief. So i thought id check!!
Enjoy your beautiful babies xxx
lauragcam, just google birthing pools as there are a number of companies that hire them. I used to be an agent for one and kept my own one which I used. The web sites will answer all your questions. I once delivered a pool to someone who was already in labour and her husband still had time to put it together and fill it up before she gave birth in it. You might need a few practices - my hubbie filled our pool up in the middle of saturday night as I'd had contractions for 2 hours but by the time it was full they had gone! Baby came on the Monday so we'd emptied it, washed it and refilled it by then. There usually is enough time to fill it and they can fit in to relatively small places.
Good luck and definately go for it xx